markets. find out what's really happening to the global economy for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines. crys a report on. the week's top stories here on our. passenger jet slams into a russian highway killing four overshooting the runway with survivors fighting for their lives. president obama's call for a ban on some firearms sparks a massive shopping spree in the u.s. with gun shops reporting record profits. with no end in sight to the syrian civil conflict moscow warns the rebels that it's push for regime change and rejection of dialogue only make matters worse. moscow hits washington with counter legislation after the u.s. slap sanctions on russian officials it accuses of human rights violations. plus

egypt islam is true is seek to prosecute the opposition for allegedly inciting an uprising just days after a referendum approved a controversial new constitution. morning welcome you're watching live from moscow with me. four people have died and four others are in a critical condition after a passenger jet crash landed at a moscow airport the plane is said to have overshot the runway splintering into paces and littering an outlying highway with debris but the crash investigation now in full swing we can cross live to parties moving the chain over the new can for airport medina we can see the wreckage behind you there what is the situation at

the airport at them i'm. well currently of the a recreation as well as of the black boxes of the plane had been a clear egypt over the night in particular as well as of the cabin of the plane that through right on the top of the highway after the plane a broken two three a massive pieces you ring the crash but as you just mentioned this massive part of the plane still license very close to the highway bringing really a diver stating view also over the night video that films of the moment of the plane jogs a period and the internet filmed by a dashboard camera it captured the exact a moment how the job rushed into the highway not the jet crash after the attack in taking a sock and landing in town it rolled out of the runway a domination of the highways barrow damaged the wing and than broke into three massive pieces now the witnesses were at the drivers who were caught by those in

their cars and they were the first ones to rush to try to rescue and i help of those survivors on board of this plane and a van they later sad that the scene was devastating a looks really terrifying as are those passengers who they so were all coverage in blood and they were in critical condition we can now listen to one of the witnesses what he had to say about that. because i saw one woman all covered in blood it was the florida turned and christina she said that the plane overshot the. runway but they weren't carrying any passengers and that there is another surviving flight attendant there the rescue unit came very far but the ambulance couldn't get through because of the traffic so we gave the injured flight attendant first aid to our best knowledge called her mother to tell her she's ok wrap her womanly blankets and clothing we could find and they even found a car to take her to hospital. for dinner she said they fly recorders have been

taken away now and are being examined but are we any clearer and throughout what winds of course this tragedy. well so far there are three main versions so why of the search out plane crash happened now these versions are weather conditions pilot error and some possible technical problems with the plane in particular there are reports that there might be an something wrong with the plane's braking system that's why it couldn't stop while being on the runway also earlier the had all four ross obviate and said that the crew onboard of this plane was very experienced and he said that right one there were reports that the main cause of this incident was a pilot error meanwhile of this plane two full of two or four is a pos into plane with the capacity to carry two hundred ten ton passengers and this particular plane belonged to a russian low cost or red wings. are coming in we will leave it there for the

moment it's been doing a good turn over correspondent at the new airport. martin message who is an airline pilot says it's still too early to tell but pilot error may well have been the course of the accident. mr geisha will hold now over two different avenues of approach they're looking at technical failure such as discussion are ready to go most pilots are small failure with the way we all switches which are basically designed to get here to normal once it's made from touchdown so well the braking systems could be fully deployed or possibly into pilot error now and this is still very early after jackson him to speak of the actual cause of the accident but there was an m.p. or character or a overruns the runway in weather that i have to say it was not as severe as it was

originally thought with just a little bit of a cross wind and some snow but nothing major don't know you have to wonder what happened or was this were the pilots able to recover this and missed something or was those completely beyond help when there are more pictures and eyewitness accounts from the same on our website where you can also find out more about the plane itself that is that. if it was like gun business in the us has never been better with people rushing to the stores fearing firearms may seem become i think didn't freight that is after barack obama urged the ban on some weapons fall in the connecticut primary school tragedy. and takes up the story. about two weeks ago actually on this particular wall here. we are it's four rows down four rows across. with everything going on in politics right now with the possible ban and everything everyone is flooding in. purchasing

right away gun stores all across the u.s. are reporting record sales just two weeks after the tragic shooting at the elementary school in newtown americans are scrambling to buy the same type of weapon that adam lanza used in the connecticut shooting plus high capacity magazines and a lot of them panic buying trigger it out of fear that the white house is out to ban the weapons but this time the words need to lead to action no a r fifteen for this customer all sold out at the store while prices on line have gone through the rules have been going for a thousand and fifteen hundred eight hundred dollars to twenty five hundred three thousand dollars even in some cases it's just the most amazing gun buying spree i've ever seen so many gun retailers now quite cynically refer to feed ministrations ben talk as the obama gun stimulus that's how good it's been for their business so how do you go from a president with

a tough gun control agenda to someone gun dealers call the greatest gun salesman in america the manufacturers of semi-automatic rifles were reported that their market has grown thirty percent over the last four years states like north carolina iowa you have seen a one hundred percent increase in gun sales over the same period in the wake of the tragedy in newtown one of the country's biggest ammunition suppliers said they sold more than three years worth of magazines in just three days although president obama himself has so far failed to act on his pledge to ban assault weapons his words have certainly provoked action just not the type he may have wanted for someone they say is against her. doing a great job for this. review should be in order to sell even more weapons many dealers hype up gun apocalypse scenario very. very.

stark. stark. but many of them don't actually see any drastic changes happening any time soon after all any significant gun control measures adopted in the past ultimately clashed with the second amendment of the constitution and were subsequently scrapped. i'm going to check out. court gives some ground to the opposition it's slashed the sentences for some of the abyss while campaign is push for greater leniency later in the program we'll look at the history of the unrest in the morning. and america is great fun just the fiscal cliff is democrats and republicans over taxes. moscow says that the refusal of syria's key opposition coalition to enter into dialogue with the government is a road to nowhere and will only result in further bloodshed at a meeting with international peace envoy to syria lakhdar brahimi foreign minister

sergei lavrov reiterated that dialogue is the only means to resolve the conflict he has also stated on numerous occasions that although russia condemns methods the syrian army is using in the war it will take no part in regime change and here is his response to the leader of syria's key rebel group who demanded moscow apologizes for what he described as support for president assad. but you know who she's been i understand that mr had tb is probably not very experienced in politics if he's looking to be a serious politician it is in his interest to hear our position from us and not from the media that sometimes distorts information so i'll repeat we're ready to talk to all opposition forces but we start from the premise that they should not only think about their own ambitions but also the fate of the syrian people and if they think that russia could play a role in the country's tragedy they should meet our representatives with their

preconditions official notice what we also managed to speak exclusively with the foreign minister more official thoughts and assessment of the syrian crisis is coming up in that interview. meanwhile reporters got as close as they could to bringing the real stories of the bloodshed that is tearing syria apart their experiences make up part of our look back at events that shaped twenty twelve. it became very apparent after a massive regional arab spring and in the wake of that the next type of a pro-democracy movement and a revolution or civil war was not what was happening in syria when you see some politicians that are in the media focusing just compare them to saddam cracking down on his people you think but what about the other guy on top of the politics

and diplomacy the facts that are simply too important to ignore. i remember i was a training session of the syrian football team and the coach was very angry with how his players were practice and he was shouting he was swearing from time to time and then i move my head like he is just like this and i saw two helicopters flying at the very low altitude and firing we were at each of the hotel restaurant and close to us there was a group or rich syrians playing cards from smoking living life as usual and just before that as me and my colleagues were live in the local t.v. station there was an almost lost a few blocks away most likely terror attack most likely people have been killed and what struck you was the coexistence of those two. realises the reality of death and there are also a lot of the most interesting interaction for me with assad happened before and

after the interview obviously and that's often the case. i asked him if he's afraid. he said no. he said no i'm not afraid that's a moment when the you believe the person or not and the only reason you know if he's right or wrong is international i think series becoming the next iraq it's a country that is totally disempower. from there then where and don't surprise yourself anybody and like in the case of iraq all this harm was done to syria with a substantial help of the outsiders under the guise of good democratic and tantrums . egypt's top prosecutor is looking to outlaw the leaders of the opposition launching a probe into mohammed morsi has three top opponents they are accused of inciting their followers to overthrow these alarmist president earlier this week the country's new constitution was officially adopted after

a two state referendum that received the support of over sixty percent of voters amid a low turnout and allegations of massive fraud opposition activists say the charter hastily drawn up by the muslim brotherhood effectively enshrined shari'a law rule in the country a world affairs contributor for britain's guardian newspaper explained why he thinks morsi is going after the opposition now i think he wants to sort of deflect attention from the economy because the underlying problem plate the biggest we're facing is the economic crisis one of four egyptians are without jobs poverty is on the rise he just ended subsidies on fuel which means that the prices of gas and city are going to rocket and so this is a kind of a sort of smokescreen i think it's very keen to get the opposition tied up in these the legal challenges to it to sort of stop them from focusing on opposing him on the issues where he's he's very weak and i think also he'd be worried that you know a sizable minority thirty six over thirty six percent of people voted against the

constitution and the fact seems to be that that history is on the way. and i think that obviously you know i think we can see more protests in the new year. russian children by u.s. citizens will no longer be possible after president putin signed the bill containing the amendment into law the measure is a tit for tat response to american sanctions against russian officials it sees its human rights violated. brings us more details on the diplomatic. we're talking about a law which consists of several parts most of those are also putting financial and travel or restrictions on several american officials or people have been found guilty of committing crimes against russian citizens only one part of this law deals with banning adoption all russian children to buy american citizens now the law has been is fired so to speak by the case of going to a russian boy who was not even two years old when he was adopted by the american

family and died several months later when he's foster father left him walked in the car in the blistering heat for nine hours so there is so the russian lawmakers feel like the american system does not provide enough protection for the russian kids once they get overseas was their adopted by the american families and also does not allow for the russian officials to monitor the situation of the russian children. care of american adoptive families aside from this new law russian lawmakers are also pledging to improve the lives of orphans and also improve foster care situation in russia this new particular law is seen as a response to the so-called magness key act which was adopted by the american lawmakers just a couple of weeks ago and that. in turn puts the church with a financial interest action on a number of russian officials who the mayor and the americans believe have been somehow embroiled in the case of city manusky

a russian lawyer who was charged with the tax evasion put in preliminary confinement and then died while in custody so this latest lawsuit is to be the last the latest step taken at this time by the russian officials in the ongoing tit for tat diplomatic battle which seems to be going on despite the infamous a reset button pushed several years ago. while russian studies and history professor stephen f. cohen from new york princeton university says he's never had any illusion about russia u.s. relations. there's an old russian saying we're friends are also deeds a lot of people in moscow and in washington when they passed the magnitsky act and now the ban on adoption in moscow may have thought they were just talking showing off playing grandstanding politically as we say in america but these words have consequences they have bet a few all this new cold war atmosphere which is enveloping the relationship between

our two countries it's going to affect american relations with russia regarding afghanistan regarding missile defense regarding syria regarding iran these are very serious matters but bamma has continued the policy toward moscow begun by president clinton a democrat and continued by president bush a republican that policy is advancing nato toward russia's borders building missile defense on russia's borders interfering in russia's interim the politics most recently the street demonstrations this is the same policy that began twenty years ago with the soviet union. with high unemployment and i lower than average life expectancy in the northeast of england these facing tough times and as the u.k. is more divided than ever we look at why the former industrial powerhouse is not only using add to the south of the country.

dozens of jailed activists in bahrain who took part in anti-government protests have had their sentences reduced the opposition though wasn't satisfied with the riveting repeating its demands for the immediate release of all political prisoners atienza election spoke to some of the activists as he looked at what lies behind the unrest. when it came to supporting calls for democracy in middle eastern or north african states while denouncing government sponsored violence leaders of the west were vocally critical from our graphic has lost legitimacy to lead and he must leave out a very clear message president which is it is time for him to go but when scenes of violent clashes between riot police and reform complainer scame from bahrain the definition of democracy shifted and rhetoric softened. in the summer of the us state department came up with a statement expressing its concerns over the human rights situation and alleged torture in bahrain this was only several months after washington had restarted

weapons sales to this gulf state dissenters in bahrain have been directing anger at their government for months but now stop arming the killers is a message they are more often sending out to the west somehow the in bahrain blood is worthless and the libyan blood is more important it's just critical a stand so you do see fall from travels to europe to direct attention to what he believes to be brutal repression in his country he and others like him have managed to alert human rights organizations but that's as far as it goes they go. clinton made a statement about the. human rights situation in bahrain and this. one protester was killed you know and show you that there is no impact on the ground we are a victim in bahrain because we live in a country they condemn the violence committed by the bahraini government against the peaceful protests there and beheading but that is still continuing for decades

bahrain has been one of washington's closest allies in the gulf its naval base houses the u.s. fifth fleet and six thousand troops the seemingly irreversible decision made decades ago despite a growing anti-american mood among some of bahrain's neighbors. anything happens the bushehr plant or any of the other plants that there are allegations of a nuclear weapon being built we are very close to all of those sites and we have to make the right decision in preventing any kind of catastrophe coming here we are all are not capable of doing that and that's why we turn to our friends and allies and officials firmly deny that washington plays a decisive role in preventing any revolution happening in bahrain but even the bahraini government's information minister suggests the us main fact be playing a double game. i think the iranian opposition is a key ally of the us leader of the opposition and the terrorist members of the

opposition have close ties with foreign embassies in bahrain we can leak some of the old many documents proving that if this is true then washington sitting comfortably it can quickly switch sides but for now the opposition in bahrain is left to wonder as to why calls to support democracy from some are less worthy of attention than others like see russia ski r.t. reporting from the kingdom of bahrain. let your imagination run wild the animator behind brought verses like war the matter to the deed had he set himself the task of creating a new superhero every day of the year some save his creations on a web page and also there is a case of another day another scandal this twelve million euros from the tourism industry goes missing in greece and this is when the country needs it most so find out who is to blame at r.t. dot com. with two days to go until america plunges off the

fiscal cliff there is still no deal in sight between entrenched republicans and democrats millions of americans stand to see their taxes go up dramatically in two days' time but the sticking point holding up negotiations are the rates for the rich republicans have rejected any deal that would see those taxes rise while the democrats insist on the wealthy paying a little more investment advisor patrick young says the u.s. is heading towards further recession if it can't curb its spending. i'm really worried going into twenty thirteen i mean ultimately the great thing is that humankind will survive or we will all remain the same people but the problem we have is first of all america seems to be heading suicidally towards this thing the fiscal cliff the possibility that it may enter another leg or recession or possibly even depression as a result of legislators inability to hurt their habit of spending like footballers' wives and then on the other side of the atlantic we also have this problem the

european union is getting to the point where it seems to think it solved its problems solving your problems means that twenty five percent of the workforce of several countries are out of work fifty plus percent of the youth of say somewhere like the spirit of work that really frightens me. mired in recession and with more spending cuts on the horizon the u.k. is struggling to get back on its feet and in england it's the northeast that has been hit hardest with more than ten percent of people there unemployed r.t. sarah firth went to see what has brought the once powerful region to its knees. as he'll saying impressing gays it's grim up north it's a perception of life in some of the nation's other major cities recessions hit the case hard it's been in the northeast where it's been felt particularly acutely. you know come in a recession and maybe that is right. here i mean you know the very people who are living on the poverty line trade union leader about scott's furious with the

government's decision to close sunderland's rempel a factory it's a government venture that began back in the 1940's to provide employment the people with disabilities two weeks before christmas the government announced that they were going to close the package in factories and it leaves a very bleak uncertain future for disabled workers cannot stops was laid off from another rempel a factory back in april and she says the government of forcing people out of paid jobs and onto a life of welfare we were told in the week before we left three. jobs . yeah in fact just four people from his old factory found a job it's not the first time the northern workers have felt the firm hand of a conservative government back in the 1980's and the miners' strike under margaret thatcher became a symbol of

a divided nation this mining village in the living museum in the north east gives us a snapshot of the past three decades since margaret thatcher and her conservative government crushed the miners' unions the impact that her policies had on the north east was extreme and long felt and even today there are many people who still have a deep mistrust of the conservative government the conservatives reputation up here is one that's hard to shake and it makes it hard for them to get a fair hearing on any plans to. generate let's find out more we decided it was time to pay a visit to number ten i was shocked at the level of understanding on the conservative benches the pope people who live in. the northeast. they don't come from the. areas very often and i think they have a completely different view of how people's lives are but government accused of not understanding the north but isn't that your job to represent the things to be

a fair bit of bickering that goes on northern and. well i mean having an accent in the house of commons you know i've got quite happy about this and accent but that sort of you get sneers when you have an accent when you speak in the commons from the government benches so that in itself is just an example of how the mismatch between the two sides of the government insists it's treating grace in the area seriously and his earmarks money that infrastructure projects targeting the northeast in particular but a legacy of letdowns has left many northerners less than and see what we're seeing is the government this is going auburn this is not. it's a complete shambles so all in it together or a nation divided one thing seems that with many predicting an increase in

unemployment and a triple dip recession for the way the challenges of the year ahead looks set to be testing times for everyone so r.t. sunderland. coming up next our special report the takes a look at the gang violence plaguing los angeles that is off to a. wealthy british style. markets why not come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy

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